28/06/2021 Rupert Murdoch’s bid to end editorial independence at the Times is a sign of decline : unitedkingdom

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Posted by u/esllewee03 1 day ago

Rupert Murdoch’s bid to end editorial independence at

the Times is a sign of decline
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am3l1a · 1d

I dont think its decline.

I think he got everything he wanted - and actually more than he dreamed off. The country is
on the "right" track (right according to his agenda).

And fuck the useful idiots who voted and enabled his policies. As a country we are fucked.

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Shockwavepulsar · 1d
Cumberland

I’m not so sure. The Sun is a sinking ship it’s readership and profits are plummeting
because the older readers are switching to other more “mature” papers like The Mail,
they have no young readers coming in and their online component is shit. The Times is

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28/06/2021 Rupert Murdoch’s bid to end editorial independence at the Times is a sign of decline : unitedkingdom

all Murdock has (paper wise) to have some clout to influence UK politics. He’s lucky at the
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the same views as the Rothermeres but they 
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something would he win the media battle that followed? Probably not.

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Clbull · 9h
England

I wonder what Murdoch's heir is going to be like. Will Lachlan keep up the status quo or will
there be some changes in the press?

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ssrix · 11h · edited 10h

Clicking on this link immediately brings up a ton of ads before refreshing the page leading
me to more ads, links to other articles and not the story. I read the story elsewhere and he
wants to remove the restraints he currently has in place. However I doubt the government
will change the law to allow his free reign, so this really isn't big news. "Guy who owns
newspaper wants more control over newspaper, but doesn't because of law"

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esllewee03 OP · 9h

I've tried the link and it works fine for me.

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